Served
three terms as Mayor of Simcoe
50 years in Business here. Was in 75th year
Death on Sunday
removed one of Simcoe's most esteemed citizens in the person of Mr.
Harry A. Carter, three times mayor of this town and one of its leading
[.......] over a long period of years.
Mr. Carter
succumbed to a lengthy illness which had kept him confined to his home
for the past three years.
He was the second
son of Henry Carter, pioneer Simcoe shoe merchant and was born in the
frame house on Colborne street close by his present residence.
He
received his education at the Union school which was opened in the year
of his birth, 1859.
As
a young man he was one of this district's outstanding athletes and
gained considerable fame as a runner, jumper, lacrosse player and
cyclist.
In
the eighties he heard the call of the west and for two years was a
member of a construction camp on the Canadian Pacific Railway near Port
Arthur, but eventually returned to assist his father in the shoe
business with which he has been connected for close to half a century.
He
and his brother, E.
E. Carter, formed the Carter Brothers partnership in [1892], take
over the business from their father who had founded it.
For
many years Harry Carter was treasurer of the Children's Aid Society and
later acted as superintendent up until the time that failing health
prevented his continuance in that capacity.
Down
through the years he has taken a prominent part in nearly every Simcoe
public enterprise. He was a member of the Norfolk Patriotic Committee
during the war years and of the Soldiers' Memorial committee afterward.
In 1924 he had charge of the parade in connection with the Old
Boys' Reunion and also served similarly during the Centennial
celebration five years later.
Interested
in poultry, he served das a president of the Norfolk Poultry Association
and was known throughout Canada as one of the leading breeders of
Chanticleers.
His
fellow townsman will remember him, also, through the service which he
wholeheartedly gave his municipality on its council. For nine years he
served, three of these being in the chief magistrate's chair. The first
two terms were in 1907 and 1908. Mr. Carter also being elected to office
again in 1920. As a member of the county council, he also gave freely of
his talents on Norfolk's behalf.
He
was always an ardent Conservative and at one time served as president of
the Norfolk Conservative Association.
Surviving
are his widow, who before her marriage was Mary McCance [sic], on
brother, Ernest E. Carter, Simcoe; and two sisters, Mrs. Thomas
Williamson, Grosse Ile, Mich., and Mrs. C. F. Burtis of Toronto.
The
funeral is being held this (Tuesday) afternoon from his late residence,
Colborne street north, under Masonic auspices. Interment will be in
Oakwood Cemetery.
